Abstract: The Carl Christensen photograph collection, circa 1889-1960, bulk 1900-1930, (SAFR 19543, P79-093a) is comprised mainly of
steam schooners in Eureka and Humboldt Bay, California. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for
use.

Nitrate negatives are restricted from use. Use-copies can be provided.

Publication and Use Rights

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other
case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Processing Note

Item level description was done in 1979. The original order does not appear to have been maintained. At some point the negatives
were given Item numbers, possibly in order of their densitometry reading when copy negatives were made from the nitrate negatives
(Nitrates #1-23, 31-161 were duplicated and copy negatives and contact interpositives were made). When the collection was
processed in 2013, the archivist kept the assigned Item numbers, but intellectually arranged the negatives into file units
in an attempt to reunite photographs with similar content and make access easier for researchers. The front matter was also
written in 2013.

Each photographic image has been assigned an Item number; there are often multiple physical forms of each image (e.g. a nitrate
negative, a contact interpositive and a copy negative) which has been noted in the physical description field. All photographs
are housed by type for preservation purposes.

There were some numbering problems discovered during processing in January 2013, and the following things have been rectified:

-It was discovered that there were two images assigned Item number 012. (PHOENIX (built 1902; steam schooner) docked at Shelter
Cove Wharf, with crew members in the foreground on the wharf; EUREKA (built 1864; steam schooner) underway in Eureka, California,
starboard broadside view). However during processing, it was revealed that the photograph of PHOENIX was actually another
copy of Item 161. So the contact interpositive and copy negative of PHOENIX that had been previously assigned Item number
012 were relabeled as Item 161, and there are now 2 contact interpositives and 2 copy negatives for this image.

-Items 024-030 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 164, but they were renumbered in January 2013 in order
to give each photograph its own Item number. (Item numbers 024-030 were previously unused numbers).

-Item 162 (ENSIGN (schooner, 4m) at dock, starboard broadside view) was previously numbered as Item 161, but was renumbered
as 162 in January 2013.

-Items 163 and 164 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 162, but they were renumbered in January 2013 because
Item number 162 was already taken.

-Item 169 (The life-saving crew at Bandon, Oregon, on their way out to sea in their surfboat) was previously numbered as 163,
but was renumbered as Item 169 in January 2013.

- Items 171 and 172 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 171, but they were renumbered in January 2013 to
give each image its own Item number.

-Items 174 and 175 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 172, but they were renumbered in January 2013 to
give each image its own Item number.

-Item 184 (BLUNTS REEF (built 1904; lightship) of Humboldt County, California, receiving supplies from a supply boat) was
previously numbered 169, but was renumbered as Item 184 in January 2013.

Description Notes:
Dates refer to when the original photograph was taken. Many of the negatives in this collection are copies that were made
much later than when the original photograph was taken.

The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include
the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter
experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide
please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide.

Please cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff.

This photo collection was donated to the San Francisco Maritime Museum, possibly by Carl Christensen, at an unknown date according
to the SFMM photo-archives accession sheet. The photographs were accessioned as the Carl Christensen Collection on May 23,
1979.

SAFR-00001 is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park in September 1988. GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime
Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1977.

GOGA-00789 was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in February
1985.

Historical or Biographical Note

Carl Christensen (1906-1986) lived in Eureka, California for many years, and was a photographer, photograph collector, and
a maritime historian specializing in steam schooners of the Pacific Coast.

Carl Mobius Christensen was born May 28, 1906. He was a native of Humboldt County, California and was born and raised on the
Samoa Peninsula near the U.S. Coast Guard Station. Christensen lived in Eureka for many years before moving to Grove City
and then to Arroyo Grande. He was a photographer, photograph collector, and a maritime historian specializing in steam schooners
of the Pacific Coast. He was a member of the Humboldt County Historical Society and the Humboldt Maritime Museum. Christensen
was a member of the Eureka Firefighters Local No. 652 and his father worked for years at the Humboldt Bar life-saving station.

During the 1930s-1940s, Carl and his brother Art Christensen both piloted the launch MADAKET (ex NELLIE C.), ferrying passengers
and freight from Samoa to Eureka. MADAKET was built in Fairhaven in 1909, launched in 1910 and refurbished in 1989. She is
the oldest continuously operating passenger vessel in the United States, celebrated her 100th birthday on June 6, 2010, and
is the last survivor of seven original ferries that transported mill workers and families around Humboldt Bay. The completion
of the Eureka-Samoa bridge in 1971 put the ferry service out of business. Ironically, the second span of the California 255
Samoa Bridge is named in honor of Carl L. Christensen Jr., a democratic District Attorney and Justice in Humboldt County who
died in September 1976.

Carl Christensen was very knowledgeable about steam schooners and corresponded with both Karl Kortum and Harold Huycke, among
other maritime historians. In a letter that Harold Huycke wrote to Carl's brother Art in 2004, Huycke says that "upon reflecting
on the numerous people I have known who have been very important in the accumulation of the entire steam schooner history,
as far as I know, Carl is close to the top of the list of preservers and historians . . . I think it is very important that
some space be dedicated to the biographies of those people, like Carl, who did so much in the very earliest years of this
research."

Carl Christensen died on January 6, 1986, in Arroyo Grande, California at the age of 79. He was survived by his wife Frankie
B. Christensen, daughter and son-in law Beth and Isam Zamamiri, son David R. Christensen, brothers Arthur E. Christensen and
George Christensen, and sister Anna McGrew.

The Carl Christensen photograph collection, circa 1889-1960, bulk 1900-1930, (SAFR 19543, P79-093a) is comprised mainly of
steam schooners in Eureka and Humboldt Bay, California. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for
use.

Most of the photographs in this collection were taken of other photographic prints and you can often see the background surface
that the print was laid on when it was photographed. It seems likely that some of the photographs in this collection can be
found in SFMNHP Classified photograph collection. There are also a few photographs in this collection that are copies of images
in the Carl Christensen photograph collection (P85-035, SAFR 14390). It is possible that some of the photographs in this collection
were taken from the Carl Christensen photograph albums (P78-478a, SAFR 19519) but this has not been verified.

There are 17 photographs taken by Ray Jerome Baker, who had a photo studio in Eureka from 1904-1910 before he moved to Hawaii
with his family. Over the years, Carl Christensen and Lloyd Stine bought Baker's photographs from his time in Humboldt County.
The Baker photographs are Items 002-004, 006-008, 011-013, 015-021 and 161. The photographs were taken between 1904 and 1910
in Eureka and Humboldt Bay, California, and show the vessels ANTELOPE (built 1888; paddle riverboat), BRAZIEUX (bark, 3m),
CORONA (steamer), EUREKA (built 1864; steam schooner), F.A. KILBURN (built 1904; steam schooner), FRANCIS H. LEGGETT (built
1903; steam schooner), GEORGE W. ELDER (built 1874; passenger vessel), PHOENIX (built 1902; steam schooner), and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA (built 1879; passenger vessel).

This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Swanlund-Baker Photograph Collection, circa 1904-1925. Special Collections, Humboldt State University, Collection number:
F868 H8 S848. The collection primarily contains photographs taken by Ray Jerome Baker, and there are many vessels in the Swanlund-Baker
collection that are also in this collection (P79-093a, SAFR 19543).
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There are people visible on board the vessel. WANNACOMET (tugboat) might be in the foreground.

Box 1

Item No. 024.
Blunts Reef (built 1904; lightship) and the reef area off of Humboldt County, California, 1956 April 10

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This Item number was previously unused. However Items 024-030 were previousy housed together in an envelope and shared the
Item number 164; these were renumbered in January 2013 in order to give each photograph its own Item number.

Box 1

Item No. 025.
Blunts Reef (built 1904; lightship) and the reef area off of Humboldt County, California, 1956 April 10

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This Item number was previously unused. However Items 024-030 were previousy housed together in an envelope and shared the
Item number 164; these were renumbered in January 2013 in order to give each photograph its own Item number.

Box 1

Item No. 026.
Blunts Reef (built 1904; lightship) and the reef area off of Humboldt County, California, 1956 April 10

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This Item number was previously unused. However Items 024-030 were previousy housed together in an envelope and shared the
Item number 164; these were renumbered in January 2013 in order to give each photograph its own Item number.

Box 1

Item No. 027.
Blunts Reef (built 1904; lightship) and the reef area off of Humboldt County, California, 1956 April 10

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This Item number was previously unused. However Items 024-030 were previousy housed together in an envelope and shared the
Item number 164; these were renumbered in January 2013 in order to give each photograph its own Item number.

Box 1

Item No. 028.
Blunts Reef (built 1904; lightship) and the reef area off of Humboldt County, California, 1956 April 10

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This Item number was previously unused. However Items 024-030 were previousy housed together in an envelope and shared the
Item number 164; these were renumbered in January 2013 in order to give each photograph its own Item number.

Box 1

Item No. 029.
Blunts Reef (built 1904; lightship) and the reef area off of Humboldt County, California, 1956 April 10

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This Item number was previously unused. However Items 024-030 were previousy housed together in an envelope and shared the
Item number 164; these were renumbered in January 2013 in order to give each photograph its own Item number.

Box 1

Item No. 030.
Blunts Reef (built 1904; lightship) and the reef area off of Humboldt County, California, 1956 April 10

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This Item number was previously unused. However Items 024-030 were previousy housed together in an envelope and shared the
Item number 164; these were renumbered in January 2013 in order to give each photograph its own Item number.

"Capt. Asplund" written on the photograph. This photograph was taken of another photographic print. This Item was previously
numbered 161, but was renumbered in January 2013 because Item number 161 was already taken.

"1391A" written on negative that made the postcard. "From the collection of William T. Miller, Credit Line to the Steamship
Historical Society of America, Inc." stamped on the back of the postcard. This vessel was later the ADMIRAL GOODRICH and then
the (2nd) steam schooner NOYO.

"Rolph Shipbuilding Company, Rolph, California. Last wooden steam schooner ever launched, June 1924; never completed--Carl
Christensen" written on the envelope. This photograph was taken of another photographic print.

This photograph was taken of another photographic print. This vessel might have been misidentified and might actually be JOSEPH
L. EVISTON (barkentine, 3m), at 755 tons was probably the largest three-masted barkentine produced on the Pacific Coast. She
was built by H. Heuckendorff at Marshfield, Oregon in 1900 for Charles Nelson of San Francisco, California, and others.

"3638" written on the negative. One contact interpositive and copy negative were previously labeled as Item number 012, but
in January 2013 it was discovered that they were the exact same photograph as Item 161.

"1174" written on negative that made the postcard. "From the collection of Harold D. Huycke, Credit Line to the Steamship
Historical Society of America, Inc." stamped on the back of the postcard. Originally built as CLAREMONT in 1917, then renamed
as NORTH BEND, later renamed ALWILL. This Item was previously numbered 175, but was renumbered as Item 183 in January 2013.

San Pedro Dock Co. sign in the background. This photograph was taken of another photographic print. Items 105 and 136 are
two slightly different views but appear to have been taken from the same position, possibly on the same day.

San Pedro Dock Co. sign in the background. This photograph was taken of another photographic print. Items 105 and 136 are
two slightly different views but appear to have been taken from the same position, possibly on the same day.

"1188" written on negative that made the postcard. "From the collection of Harold D. Huycke, Credit Line to the Steamship
Historical Society of America, Inc." stamped on the back of the postcard. Ex ANNE HANIFY.

The vessel does not have any masts and is dressed, and appears to have been recently test launched. This vessel is also possibly
pictured in Item 117. People can be seen on board the vessel. This photograph was taken of another photographic print.

Envelope said: Views at Eureka, California, at an early day". This photograph was taken of another photographic print. Items
163 and 164 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 162, but they were renumbered in January 2013 because Item
number 162 was already taken.

Box 3

Item No. 185.
Photograph of a painting of a steam schooner with sails, undated

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

"Mclure" written on envelope. This photograph was taken of a painting.

Items 087, 121, 164, 169-175.
Contains photographs of "Guff" McDade, William McDade, Walter Pratt, U.S. Bandon Station Life Saving Crew members, men standing
on and around the frame of a vessel under construction at an unidentified shipyard, three men standing and one seated at the
stern of an unidentified vessel underway, and the city slip in Eureka, California, with men and women on the dock.

Box 2; Nitrate Storage

Item No. 087.
Portrait of men standing on and around the frame of a vessel under construction at an unidentified shipyard, undated

3 masted schooner, 4 masted schooner, and a barkentine(?) in the background. This photograph was taken of another photographic
print in an unidentified publication.

Box 3

Item No. 164.
City slip in Eureka, California, with men and women on the dock, undated

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

There are many unidentified launches and small boats in the photograph. Envelope said: "Views at Eureka, California, at an
early day." This photograph was taken of another photographic print. Items 163 and 164 were previously together in an envelope
numbered Item 162, but they were renumbered in January 2013 because Item number 162 was already taken.

Box 3

Item No. 169.
The life-saving crew at Bandon, Oregon, on their way out to sea in their surfboat, 1892

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This photograph was taken of another photographic print. This Item was previously numbered 163, but was renumbered as Item
169 in January 2013.

Related Material

See P85-035 for the same image.

Box 3

Item No. 170.
The life-saving crew at Bandon, Oregon, taking their boat out through the surf, 1892

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

This photograph was taken of another photographic print.

Related Material

See P85-035 for the same image.

Box 3

Item No. 171.
Portrait of U.S. Bandon Station Life Saving Crew standing next to a surfboat in front of the boathouse, 1892?

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Surfboat is on a marine rail cart. A Lyle gun is in foreground. Starboard side, left to right: Clarence Boise, Chuck Dimick,
Howard Culver, Frank Pomeroy. Port side, left to right: Capt. Johnson, Chub Langlois, Al Green, Harry Walker. Items 171 and
172 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 171, but they were renumbered in January 2013 to give each image
its own Item number.

Related Material

See P85-035.482 for the same image.

Box 3

Item No. 172.
Portrait of U.S. Bandon Station Life Saving Crew, undated

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

There are two rows of men in uniform, with a dog in the front row. This photograph was taken of another photographic print.
Items 171 and 172 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 171, but they were renumbered in January 2013 to give
each image its own Item number.

There are many half hull models hanging on the wall behind the men. William McDade was also known as Bill McDade. William
Peter McDade was born in 1880. This photograph was taken of another photographic print.

Related Material

This is very likely a copy of CLASSIFIED E04.00601.

Box 3

Item No. 174.
William McDade standing in the launching ways, facing the bow of an unidentified vessel, undated

Extent:
1 photograph (1 physical form).

Physical Description:
1 safety negative, 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Scope and Content Note

McDade's back is facing away from the photographer. William McDade was also known as Bill McDade. William Peter McDade was
born in 1880. This photograph was taken of another photographic print. Items 174 and 175 were previously together in an envelope
numbered Item 172, but they were renumbered in January 2013 to give each image its own Item number.

William McDade was also known as Bill McDade. William Peter McDade was born in 1880. This photograph was taken of another
photographic print. Items 174 and 175 were previously together in an envelope numbered Item 172, but they were renumbered
in January 2013 to give each image its own Item number.